Cylindrical micro touch sensor with a piezoelectric thin film for microbial separation

Robotica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-448

  Arai, Fumihito ^a,b   Motoo, Kouhei ^a   Kwon, Paul G R ^a   Fukuda, Toshio ^a   Ichikawa, Akihiko ^a   Katsuragi, Tohoru ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microorganism; Microsensor; Piezoelectric thin film; Pipette; Screening; Separation; Touch sensor

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM; PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILMS; PIPETTES; TOUCH SENSORS;

CELLS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GELATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCREENING; SEPARATION; SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 20744444413     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574704000876     Document Type: Article

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